Daylight (The Selecter album)
| Daylight | ||||
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| Studio album by | ||||
| Released | 6 October 2017 | |||
| Length | 39:44 | |||
| Label | DMF Music | |||
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| Aggregate scores | |
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| Source | Rating |
| Metacritic | 71/100[1] |
| Review scores | |
| Source | Rating |
| AllMusic |    [2] |
| Punknews.org | [3] |
| Record Collector | [4] |
Daylight is the fifteenth studio album by the English band the Selecter.[5] It was released on 6 October 2017 through DMF Music.[6]
Critical reception
[edit]SF Weekly wrote that the album "hears the group as energized as ever for an urgent and powerful record proving that the group is still open to creative evolution."[7] LA Weekly called the album "engagingly soulful."[8] Uncut wrote that "much of this is rather pedestrian ska with blandly topical lyrics."[9]
Track listing
[edit]All tracks composed by Pauline Black, Arthur Hendrickson and Neil Pyzer; except where noted
| No. | Title | Writer(s) | Length |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. | "Frontline" | 3:40 | |
| 2. | "Remember Me" |
| 4:32 |
| 3. | "Daylight" | 3:46 | |
| 4. | "The Big Badoof" | 4:09 | |
| 5. | "Paved with Cold" | 4:22 | |
| 6. | "Taking Back Control" |
| 3:17 |
| 7. | "Things Fall Apart" | 4:09 | |
| 8. | "Mayhem" | 3:43 | |
| 9. | "3 Reasons" | 3:47 | |
| 10. | "Pass the Power" |
| 4:19 |
Personnel
[edit]The Selecter
- Pauline Black – vocals
- Arthur "Gaps" Hendrickson – vocals
- Neil Pyzer – saxophone, guitar, keyboards, vocals, string arrangements
- Will Crewdson – guitar
- Luke Palmer – bass guitar
- Lee Horsley – organ
- Orlando La Rose – saxophone, flute, piccolo flute
- Winston Marche – drums
with:
- Tim Bran – piano (on tracks 2, 4, 5, 8, 10), keyboards on "Daylight", string arrangements
- John Robertson – guitar on "Remember Me" and "Things Fall Apart"
- Adrian Large – guitar on "Paved With Cold", "Things Fall Apart" and "Pass the Power"
- Jools Holland – piano on "Daylight"
- Graham Cuttill – percussion
- James Lawrence – trombone (on tracks 1. 3, 5–7, 10)
- Audrey Riley, Chris Tombling – strings on "Daylight", "Mayhem" and "Pass the Power"
- Beverley Skeete – backing vocals
- Marizia Pyzer-Skeete – backing vocals on "Taking Back Control"
Chart
[edit]| Chart (2017) | Peak position |
|---|---|
| UK Albums (OCC)[10] | 66 |
References
[edit]- ^ "Metacritic Review". Metacritic. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ Deming, Mark. "Daylight - The Selecter". AllMusic. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
- ^ "The Selecter - Daylight". www.punknews.org.
- ^ "Daylight - Record Collector Magazine".
- ^ "The Selecter | Biography & History". AllMusic.
- ^ "On my radar: Pauline Black's cultural highlights". the Guardian. 17 September 2017.
- ^ "Three Must-See Acts This Week". SF Weekly. 11 September 2019.
- ^ "Music Pick: The Selecter". LA Weekly. 18 September 2019.
- ^ "Daylight". Uncut: 36. November 2017.
- ^ "Official Albums Chart Top 100". Official Charts Company. Retrieved 7 April 2019.
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